The ribands did not match the robe, but were more of a crimson.
"I wondered that a strong-minded man like Dr.Whewell could tolerate such trappings for a moment; but it is said that he is rather proud of them, and loves all the etiquette of the olden time, as also, it is said, does the queen.
"In these robes Dr.Whewell escorted me to church--and of course we were a great sight! "Before dinner, on this Scarlet Sunday, there was an interval when the master was evidently tried to know what to do with me.

At length he hit upon an expedient.

'Boys,' he said to the young Airys, 'take Miss Mitchell on a walk!' "I was a little surprised to find myself on a walk, 'nolens volens;' so as soon as we were out of sight of the master of Trinity, I said, 'Now, young gentlemen, as I do not want to go to walk, we won't go!' "It was hard for me to become accustomed to English ideas of caste.

I heard Professor Sedgwick say that Miss Herschel, the daughter of Sir John and niece to Caroline, married a Gordon.

'Such a great match for her!' he added; and when I asked what match could be great for a daughter of the Herschels, I was told that she had married one of the queen's household, and was asked to _sit_ in the presence of the queen! "When I hear a missionary tell that the pariah caste sit on the ground, the peasant caste lift themselves by the thickness of a leaf, and the next rank by the thickness of a stalk, it seems to me that the heathen has reached a high state of civilization--precisely that which Victoria has reached when she permits a Herschel to sit in her presence! "The University of Cambridge consists of sixteen colleges.